Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-08

On this subject the report says: "Ths
railway mail service, its extent, increase,
changes, operations and conditions, pre-
seated in the report Of the general superin.
teudent, shows that at the close of the fiscal
year there were 9lS lines of railway post
Offices. al Increase of y, extending over
ll6. GJ9 II miles of railroad, an increase Of
1886. -; the clerks in the service numbered
4,S55, an increase Of 27S; the total daily dis
tance run by clerks wa5 81, ,95S 50 miles, IN
increase of 7,2l3SS The entiro miles Of
service performed by clerks in crews was
l07, ,067, ,GlS, gain Of q, l4S, 7SS over the pre-
ceding year. These clerk; handed J, Ssh
690,S75 pieces of ordinary mail matter;
sos, i69, 400 more than in the previous year.
In railroad transportation there was ~. adj
ditional employment Of 7,Ol6 miles OF nswly
built roads, the increased cost OF which, not
yet entirely adjusted, is estimated TO be
SSo4, 166 ~
"Unhappily the casSalties to Clerks il
their perilouS service were more numerous
and distressing. Five were killed by acci.
dents while on duty, forty five were ssri-
ously and seventy-two slightly injured
Fifty were disabled to such extent that their
places were filed for time by acting clerks
ct the departments cus5. In this connection
l.
for 1855, that some provisions be male for
these servants OK ths government VINO are
seriously msi2Isd or permanently iii ablsd
in q service which Puss them to such risks Of
life and li,;ib. II tine promise were hopeful,
the argument might ts we'll enlargei upon.
The man who shall bring this .e wing
bject so effectively to tie fayCf OF con-
greSi as to secuts the enactment of suitable
legislation vii. earn for his benevo.e ice and
service the grateful homage of faitEtul
body of puni!c servants and monument in
the hearts CT I'll right feeling people.
The posIOfiic, ears tie service Of the
department number 49,, OF which but $40
are in ordinary use, and so are in reserve
on different lines for contingencies. IL 10
within bounds to affirm that ali th. s. ui, hit
be to-day PURCHASED or their duplicates man
ufactursd for 8 Sl,6yJ, OOJ; add for Gaming,
etc, az S72O Per year eacn for 81 Ill Use,
$246, 80, the total is rsachal Of but
81, ,S46 240. Yet simply for ;hs use of these
cars for the last year including cleaning,
etc, the department was uuier this annual
rate of charge by the existing SYSTEM OF
81, ,SSl, $50, and the estimate deemed neces-
sary to submit in prudent provision for the
coming fiscal year, on the sama basis, is
50, 900 900. In illustration, Sj9, ,O37 IS is an
HudAAJ pdA4 On Oho AlIe LUZ LIS use u LOur
cars that might be built and fully equipped
in tho best modern style for less than sl7,-
500. And thiS in addition to the full weight
pay for transportation, amounting in the
case mentioned to s504, 573 Co. Instead,
then, Of appropriating 81, G'0, 900 to rent the
use OF these cars for the coraing year, why
should not the appropriation be OF q smaller
SUM 70 buy them, and of another, say $780,
0O0, for their keeping, the two together not
aggregating tho proposei remit The de-
partmeut will thereafter gain at least 81, 5O0,-
0GI per year while sustaining the cost Of
casualties"